Jehovah-nissi — the meaning of the Hebrew name יְהֹוָה נִסִּי

יְהֹוָה נִסִּי

Yᵉhôvâh niççîy · pronounced yeh-ho-vaw' nis-see' · Strong's H3071 · a place

Jehovah-nissi means Jehovah (is) my banner.

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יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh (from, H3068) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal open in the lexicon ›

נֵס nêç (and, H5251) — a flag open in the lexicon ›

from H3068 and H5251 with the prononimal suffix; Jehovah (is) my banner; Jehovah-Nissi, a symbolical name of an altar in the Desert.

Exod 17:15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it JEHOVAH–nissi: (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Exodus

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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